Suitors and Love Tests Over a Warped Engagement
A letter column discusses a devoted couple whose relationship frays as a fiancé frequents clubs and drinks, with a bold test proposed: he must prove he can change or lose the engagement. A reader answers a male critic, defending decent values and urging honesty, respect, and self-knowledge in relationships.
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Sally
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Odd Plant Cures and a Far Traveling Bottle Tale
A note explains that horse chestnut seeds were used to treat horse ailments, giving the plant its name. Separately a bottle tossed from a British steamship 750 miles southeast of Africa drifted for three years and ended up off the Chilean coast after nearly 9000 miles at sea.
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Africa
Chile
Tomorrow's Horoscope: July 26 Genevieve Kemble
Tomorrow brings sudden events and radical shifts in life may occur with travel or job changes. Finances look unfavorable and should be protected while other conditions offer advancement. A birthday person may have an energetic year with prudent frugality guiding prosperity. Notable natives: George Bernard Shaw and Florence Vidor.
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Genevieve Kemble
George Seree Shaw
Florence Vidor
A Fashion Model’s Diary Finds Newport Visit Inspires Wardrobe
Pam receives a Newport invitation from wealthy relatives prompting a fashion consult with friends. They plan travel outfits including a travel hat, a sports frock, chiffons, georgette pieces, and two hats, settling on a natural straw hat with velvet and a beige straw hat with georgette trim.
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The Gardener By Truda Dahl
A cautionary allegory about love and fidelity in a garden of hearts. The narrator warns that thorns symbolize unfaithfulness and jealousy, detectable by careful watching of "ramblers." Even hidden dangers will reveal themselves, so prune away these thorns to find happiness.
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Elsie
Garden of Hearts
Cupid
Fairyland Wisdom in Court as a Child Seeks Shelter
In a custody hearing a young girl sits with a storybook while her father, a vaudeville actor and former husband with a senator father, battles for custody amid rumors of drink and dissipation. The writer reflects on the child's instinct to escape through fantasy, contrasting modern restless marriages with traditional vows.
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United States
Advice to Girls from Annie Laurie on Work and Home Life
A wife describes hardship from low pay and single room living while seeking to help at home. An advisor suggests work at home to boost income without leaving the child or home, urging discussion with her husband about improving their environment.
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Annie Laurie
The Permanent Wave Advice by Josephine Huddleston
Reader guidance on choosing and caring for a permanent wave. Emphasizes flat winding around curlers, seven minute heat process, and post treatment with olive oil to maintain hair texture and color while avoiding over processing.
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Josephine Huddleston
Marcel
How Infants Show Signs of Ailments
Dr Roy S Copeland explains infant illness cues including crying with hunger, earache, pain upon lifting, colic, and rickets. Skin color changes signal health issues such as liver trouble, heart function, or pale mouths in stomach sickness. Poor nourishment and indigestion also evident.
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Home Making Tips For Seaside Vacation Accessories
A 1927 guide on inexpensive home made seaside items includes a bathing wrap, wash bag, hair cap with a matching handkerchief, parasols, air pillow heads, beach bags, and silk pajamas in bold colors. It also covers health notes on fever, convulsions in infants, and signs of illness with practical care tips a mother can use.
Absorbing Sequel of Revelations of a Wife at the Farm
A narrator describes Lillian choosing to join the farm with her daughter Marion and Mary Harrison while reconciling past judgments. Lillian plans motor trips and house-hunting visits, insisting Marion needs her own home, and the speaker cautions against jealousy as Marion and Mary form a cautious bond.
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Marion
Mary Harrison
Mary
Hemanes
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